Lennart Bengtsson Symeon Koumoutsaris Roger Bonnet
This book provides a comprehensive presentation of Earth's energy flows and their consequences for the climate. The Earth's climate as well as planetary climates in general, are broadly controlled by three fundamental parameters: the solar irradiance, the planetary albedo and the planetary emissivity. Space measurements indicate that these three quantities are remarkably stable. A minor decrease inplanetary emissivity is consistent with theoretical calculations. This is due to the ongoing increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases making the atmosphere more opaque to long wave terrestrial...
This book provides a comprehensive presentation of Earth's energy flows and their consequences for the climate. The Earth's climate as well as planeta...